Drawer-knob-fastening means



J. A. LICHTENBERGER.

DR AWER KNOB FASTENING MEANS APPLICATION FILED APR. 26. 1919.

1,405,528, I Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

JOSEPH A. nrcnrnnnnnennfornnw YonK,ivfizdiassrenonor ONE-THIRD To THOMASE. CHIGOY ANDONE-THIRD "17o cHAnLEsn. WILSON, Born or NEW YORK, N. Y

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. LroHTnN- BERGER, residing at New York, inthe county and State of New York, have invented cer train new and usefulImprovements in a Drawer-Knob-Fastening Means, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in drawer pulls, that is to say,the knobs or handles usually attached to drawers or doors of furniture,by means opened or closed. 7 a

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of the abovecharacter which can be attached or mounted upon its support in such awaythat it cannot work loose or pullout.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovecharacter, wherein the use of the usual attaching screws is eliminated,and which may be readily mounted upon the article of furniture uponwhich the same is to be used. g

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed outin the course of the following description of the elements,combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles,constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill be indicated in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein I have illustrated preferredembodiments of my invention:

Figure 1 is a sectional View taken through the front wall of a drawer,showing my improved attaching device in elevatlon.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig'ureB is-a View in perspectlve, showing a slightly modified form ofshank.

Figure 4 is a similar view, showlng the manner in which the tangs of theattaching device are driven into the grain of the wood.

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the shank shown lnFlgure 1; and

Figure 6 1s a view 1n elevation, showing 7 the attaching means employedin the construction illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.

Referring now to the drawing, wherein similar reference characters referto slmllar the reference numeral 1 denotes a handle Specification of-Letters Eatent.

of which they are' naAwERr NoB-rasTnNmG eans.

- Patented Feb. '7,

Application filed April 2631919. Serial No. 293,037.

or 'knob, whiclrin the present instance'fis made of moldable material,said handle or knob being molded about a cylindrical post or shank 2,the latter'being providedlwith a recess 3,-into which the moldablematerial 7 enters whereby the knob or handle'is more firmly fixed uponthe shank.

-- -The shank 2 is adapted to be inserted in an aperture 4, provided inthe front wallof' the drawer r, I other movable part of furniture towhieh the knob :i'sto beap plied.

Formed in the inner end of shank 2, in the present instance, are curvedslots 5 and 6 respectively, which lead from the inner end 7 of the shankinwardly and laterally, so that said slots terminate, as at 8 and 9 inthe side walls of the shank. g

The reference numeral 10 denotes a button, to which are attached thetangs 11 and 12, which are preferably formed of slightly tempered steel,the tangs being pointed at their ends, as indicated at 13 and 14 in thedotted lines in Figure 2.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5, it will be noted that theslots 5 and 6 are located entirely within the body of the shank. Theseslots are curved so that when the shank 2 is in the position shown inFigure 1, the tangs 11 and 12 may be inserted in the ends of the slots,whereupon they may be driven inwardly in said slots, which operate todistort the shank, so that when they emerge from the lateral openings ormonths of the slots they will be directed laterally into the woodforming the. wall of the particular part of furniture to which the knobis to be attached. It will be noted that these shanks are drivensubstantially parallel with the grain of the wood.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 3, 4

and 6, slots 15 and 16 are provided inthe inner end of the shank 2.These slots, how-' ever, are open-ended as well as open-sided, as shownin Figures 3 and 4. In this construction a head 17, having thetangs 18and 19, is provided so that when the latter are inserted in the outerends of the slots, and

driven inwardly therein, the parts take the position substantially shownin Figure 4, the tangs 18 and 19 entering the wood surrounding theopening in the drawer or door, in the manner illustrated in Figure 1. Inthe said.

figure it will be observed that the shank 2 occupies but a portion ofthe aperture 4, and it is believed to be plainly discernible from thedrawing that when the bifurcated headed fastener is completely driveninto place,the engagements of the ta-ngs with'the' slots and wall asexplained will forcibly pull the shank into the aperture and hold theknob firmly to the wall.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a device of the abovecharacter, which can neither pull out nor work loose. In fact, pullingon the knob or handle operates to further tighten it in its support.

It will be understood that the device may be easy to remove by insertingan instrument under the head 10, and prying it inwardly, whereby thetangs are readily removed from the slots of the shank. I

. As many changes could be made in this construction without departingfrom the scope of the following claim, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanylng.

positely inclined slots opening through the end and the side wall of thesaid shank, and a driven fastener comprising a single plate bifurcatedto form separated tangs having sharpened extremities, the said tangsbeing arranged to correspond in position with the slots and to passthrough the slots into said wall to hold the knob to the wall.

In testimony whereof l'. aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH A. LIGHTENBERGER.

YVitnesses' 7 THOMAS E. CHIGOY, MAROY LEVY.

